Last Updated: March 19, 2023, 22:54 IST
Pro-Khalistani teams elevating slogans at Indian High Commission in London. (Image: Twitter/@ArunimaDey17)
The teams may very well be heard elevating ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans on the premises of the Indian High Commission. They additionally waved Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh’s poster, voicing their assist for him
Pro-Khalistani teams on Sunday vandalised the Indian High Commission in the UK and even changed the Tricolour with the Khalistani flag.
In movies that have been shared on social media, the teams may very well be heard elevating ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans on the premises of the Indian High Commission, together with slogans slamming the Indian authorities. The teams additionally waved Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh’s poster, voicing their assist for him.
UK High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis condemned the incident, saying it’s “disgraceful”.
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“I condemn the disgraceful acts today against the people and premises of the @HCI_London – totally unacceptable,” stated Ellis.
I condemn the disgraceful acts in the present day towards the individuals and premises of the @HCI_London – completely unacceptable.— Alex Ellis (@AlexWEllis) March 19, 2023
Meanwhile, an MEA spokesperson advised CNN-News18 that the senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi has been summoned in the wake of the incident, which comes in the backdrop of the Punjab Police declaring Amritpal Singh a fugitive, with a recent FIR lodged towards the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief and his associates in reference to the possession of unlawful weapons.
Dubai-returned Amritpal grew to become the pinnacle of ‘Waris Punjab De’, which was based by actor and activist Deep Sidhu who died in a highway accident in February final yr.
Singh, a self-styled radical preacher, has been on the run because the Punjab Police launched an enormous crackdown on Saturday and arrested 78 members of his outfit.
The crackdown towards Amritpal has come weeks after he and his supporters barged into the Ajnala police station close to Amritsar, extracting an assurance that an arrested man can be launched.
Security companies had raised a crimson flag after intelligence inputs prompt that Amritpal was utilizing drug de-addiction centres and a gurdwara for stockpiling weapons and getting ready youths to hold out suicide assaults.
A thick file ready with inputs from numerous safety companies claimed that Amritpal, who returned from Dubai final yr allegedly at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI and Khalistan sympathisers residing abroad, was primarily engaged in brainwashing youths to grow to be “khadkoos” or human bombs.
(With PTI inputs)
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